Susan Elizabeth Hill

Susan Elizabeth Hill

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Rating: 9.5

Licensed for 32 years

Immigration Lawyer at San Juan Capistrano, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration, Appeals, Litigation

30320 Rancho Viejo Road, Second Floor, Suite 9, San Juan Capistrano, CA

About Susan

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Immigration 34%

General Immigration, including asylum, equestrian and other business visas, naturalization, PERM

31 years | 1,000 cases

34%
Appeals 33%

Immigration Appeals in the Ninth, Fifth and Eighth Circuits, Board of Immigration Appeals, USCIS

31 years

33%
Litigation 33%

Immigration Motions to Reopen before the Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals

31 years

33%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Pro bono

2 %


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 32 years

State: California

Acquired: 1994

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Orange County Office

30320 Rancho Viejo Road, Second Floor, Suite 9, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 92675

Hill & Piibe, Immigration Attorneys

Downtown Los Angeles Office, 523 West 6th Street Suite 737, Los Angeles, CA, 90014-1231

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Somair Alam

Immigration lawyer | Feb 12

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"Susan is a top-notch immigration attorney. She is a zealous advocate for her clients and well respected in the legal community."

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Hovanes Margarian

Appeals lawyer | Jul 13

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"I endorse this lawyer."

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Christian Lassen

Unknown lawyer | Sep 01

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"Top-notch attorney. Highly respected in the legal community."

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Michael Doland

Immigration lawyer | May 20

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"Ms. Hill can be counted on for answers that are accurate, analytic and customized to the needs of the Avvo asker. These are exactly the qualities that every client is looking for when hiring an attorney."

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Peter Afrasiabi

Immigration lawyer | Sep 14

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Susan is a fantastic immigration lawyer, honest and fair with her clients in my experience, and an acute legal mind on complex immigration matter as I have seen in the context of her appellate experience. I highly recommend her."

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Experience

Rating:  9.5 (Superb)

Honors

2003

Sojourn Services for Battered Women, Legal Clinic,

Work Experience

2012 - Present

Partner, Hill & Piibe

2005 - Present

Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law

2008 - 2012

Supervising Attorney, Asylum and Refugee Law Clinic, Pepperdine University School of Law

2005 - 2012

Partner, Hill, Piibe & Villegas

1994 - 2012

Attorney, Law Offices of Susan E. Hill

Associations

1998 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Officer

1998 - Present

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Law Section

Officer

2006 - 2008

Pepperdine University School of Law Alumni Panel

Speaker

2005 - 2006

National “Super Mentor” Committee for the National Center for Immigrant and Refugee Children

Mentor

2004 - 2009

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Board Member

2004 - 2007

UCLA School of Law’s El Centro Asylum Law Clinic, Supervising Attorney

Supervising Attorney (Volunteer)

1997 - 2003

Moot Court Competition, Pepperdine University School of Law

Judge

Sample of Legal Cases

Garcia-Gomez v. Ashcroft, 498 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2007)

appeal granted

Andia v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2004)

appeal granted

Falcon-Carriche v. Ashcroft , 350 F.3d 845 (9th Cir. 2003)

widely cited

Khodagholian v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2003)

appeal granted

Vargas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 287 F.3d 882 (9th Cir. 2002)

appeal granted

Ms. A.

granted

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Education

1993

Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California

JD - Juris Doctor

1989

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2015

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Starting Your Own Practice

2009

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Legal Issues Relating to Domestic Violence (organizer)

2009

Appellate Immigration Law/ Pincus Communications

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA): Process and Key Strategies Conference

2008

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Women and Immigration (Moderator)

2008

Pincus Communications

Immigration Litigation in the Ninth Circuit , Second Annual Conference

2008

Mount St. Mary’s College

Women and the Law

2008

Los Angeles County Bar Association and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Women and Immigration (organizer)

2008

American Immigration Lawyers Association

DNA Issues; Child Status Protection Act

2004

General Immigration Law/Alianza Group, San Gabriel/Pomona Valley Regional Center

Updates on Immigration Law

2004

Appellate Immigration Law/ L.A. County Bar Association, Immigration Law Section

Ninth Circuit Training: Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Ninth Circuit Practice

Publications

2005

LACBA Newsletter, Spring Preliminary Issues in Filing Motions to Reopen

2005

Los Angeles County Bar Association Preliminary Issues in Filing Motions to Reopen

2005

ABA Antitrust Law Section publication Finding a Way Around Deadlines and Number-Barred Motions in Removal Proceedings

Languages

Armenian

Russian

Spanish

French

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